"The U.S. no longer broadly recommends vaccines for flu, hepatitis A, rotavirus and meningococcal disease. Health officials say the guidance aligns with that of peer countries."
"The Trump administration is overhauling the list of routine shots recommended for all babies and children in the United States, bypassing the government’s typical process for recommending vaccines and delivering on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s long-standing goals to upend the nation’s pediatric vaccine schedule.
Effective immediately, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer recommend every child be immunized for rotavirus, influenza, meningococcal disease and hepatitis A, according to materials released Monday by the Department of Health and Human Services. Instead, the agency will recommend smaller groups of children and babies should get those vaccines only if they are at high risk or if a doctor recommends it.
Administration health officials said they were aligning U.S. recommendations more closely with vaccine schedules in other countries, citing decreased public confidence in vaccinations, especially following the covid-19 pandemic. Officials said the change would improve public trust in the vaccination schedule and lead to greater uptake of important vaccines, such as MMR, to protect against measles, a highly contagious virus that can cause massive outbreaks."
Lena H. Sun and Paige Winfield Cunningham report for the Washington Post January 5, 2026.
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"What To Know About Vaccines No Longer Routinely Recommended To Children" (Washington Post)
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